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Markwarren
#1 Posted : 03 September 2018 07:52:24

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Whilst reading at the weekend I came across this article, which was written some time ago, but interesting all the same.


“Scale modeling is an excellent hobby,” agrees Andrea M. Macari, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at Suffolk County Community College in Long Island, NY. “Not only does the activity provide much-needed leisure, which is beneficial in alleviating anxiety and depression, but it also enhances certain cognitive skills such as concentration, visual-motor skills, and executive functions [processes the brain uses to plan, organize, strategize, and pay attention to and remember details].” Macari explains that the skills used in scale modeling are the same ones that often decline with age. “So by practicing scale modeling, your actions are mitigating any decline of those skills,”

Full article here
https://www.aarp.org/personal-gr...obby-for-your-brain.html

So keep them models coming, I don’t want to get old yet.Crying
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#2 Posted : 03 September 2018 12:33:02

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Just what we modellers have been saying for years BigGrin
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#3 Posted : 03 September 2018 15:19:10

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I was going to comment on this - but I've forgotten what I was going to say!Crying Blink Blushing Flapper

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#4 Posted : 03 September 2018 19:44:24

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Plymouth57 wrote:
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Robin.

You’re obviously not building enough... erhhh thingymabob.LOL Flapper
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#5 Posted : 03 September 2018 19:50:55

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Plymouth57 wrote:
I was going to comment on this - but I've forgotten what I was going to say!Crying Blink Blushing Flapper

Robin.


Don't worry Robin it happens to me all the time, Laugh LOL
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